Nkambe languages

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Nkambe
Geographic
distribution
Grasslands of
western Cameroon
Linguistic classification Niger–Congo?
Glottolog nkam1238

The Nkambe languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Yamba and related peoples of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.

The languages are Dzodinka, Kwaja, Limbum, Mbə’, Ndaktup, Mfumte, Yamba.

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